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[[Image:Liftend.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]== Cześć wam ! ==Hi there. My name is Frank and I live in Maastricht, the southernmost city of the [[Netherlands]].

== Why ==

~~Hitchhiking~~ Hitch-hiking is one of my favourite ~~way~~ ways of travelling~~, which I practice when I have time: during weekends and in holidays~~. It is ~~a very~~ an interesting way to be in touch with people and also ~~a more~~ an environmentally aware and economic way of travelling fast ~~than going in your own vehicle or by public transport~~. ~~Anyway as~~ As far as travelling is concerned I also enjoy to move myself on foot, on bike, on ice-skate, and by public transport ~~and only occasionally in a Citroen AX~~.

It can take a while before you know how to ~~hitchhike~~ hitch-hike fast and efficient and also experienced ~~hitchhikers~~ hitch-hikers sometimes need patience. In my own country I rarely need more than twenty minutes to find a driver when I am in a good or reasonable ~~hitchhiking~~ hitch-hiking environment. I started ~~hitchhiking~~ hitch-hiking actively in spring 2003. Before that I ~~hitchhiked~~ hitch-hiked on occasion, for example to go back to the starting point of a hiking trip or to get back to a camping. The first experience was in the summer of 1993, when my father in a moment decided to ~~hitchhike~~ hitch-hike with me when we were walking in the French Alps. That way we managed to get up very high on the mountain. Otherwise we would not have succeeded in doing that.

== ~~Inspiring music~~ Media ==~~In the meantime~~* 2007 (19/11), ~~I've started to link some pieces of popular music to this way of travel~~radio interview, Radio 1 (The Netherlands), [http://www. ~~I feel that these songs breath in their way spirit of hitchhiking~~franknature. ~~If you like~~nl/hitchhike/radio1bnn.mp3 "Weg met BNN"] (Dutch).* 2018 (07/07), newspaper interview, ~~take a look at this listing~~Dagblad De Limburger (The Netherlands), [http://www.franknature.nl/hitchhike/limburger070718.pdf "Mensch, ~~and feel happy to hear and see those pieces by You tube-technology~~durf te liften"] (Dutch).

~~[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRV9QCXLtHQ The Animals - House of the rising sun]~~

~~[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v~~=~~LWlgbAc3bbM Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express]~~ ~~[http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v~~=~~jmg7NEZOu1o/watch?v~~Inspiring music ==~~pRV9QCXLtHQ Karen Stanek - Jedziemy autostopem]~~ ~~[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35wEzoXgyqY City to City - The road ahead (miles~~ In the meantime, I associate some pieces of popular music with this way of ~~the unknown)]~~ ~~[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIbaISxK8QY Vanity Fair - Hitchin' a ride]~~ ~~[http://www.youtube~~travel.~~com/watch?v=0xaz6vtcvPI Amy Mc Donald - This is the life]~~

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roPQ_M3yJTA Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird (CAN, 2000)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT9IDo-vF5k Kate Ryan - Voyage Voyage (BEL, 2008)[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=250965542145084 Dominik Gus - Hitchhiker's hymn] (SRB, 2018)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskaoVf8PPM Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)] (Sweden, 2011)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBfP63T0a60 Heart - All I wanna do is make love to you] (USA, 1990)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgTSfJEf_jM The Animals - House of the rising sun] (UK, 1964)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A Robert Johnson - Cross road blues] (USA, 1936)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~_ZBfnccgNB0 Ronan Keating feat~~4sml8W5SAwo Robert Johnson - Walking Blues] (USA, 1936)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWSceMtAjPw Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express] (D, 1977)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atyvdC15HFA Moby - Everloving] (USA, 1999)[http://www. ~~Yusuf Islam~~ youtube.com/watch?v=lW_XYk-Xc94 Karen Stanek - Jedziemy autostopem] (PL, 1964)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35wEzoXgyqY City to City - The road ahead (miles of the unknown)] (NL, 1999)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Ths5KI2Bw Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue - Kids ("jump on board, take a ride")] (UK, 2000)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7ASCgdByDU Vanity Fare - Hitchin' a ride] (USA, 1969)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-G28iyPtz0 Kraftwerk - Autobahn] (D, 1974)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYvuS9OxdA Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life] (Scotland, 2007)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7elJmji7l4 The Crickets - I fought the law] (USA, 1959)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY7JwcKo-LQ Boudewijn de Groot - Jimmy] (NL, 1973)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5IOou6qN1o Muddy Waters - Mannish boy] (USA, 1955)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBFOJ3R0M4 Garbage - Only happy when it rains] (USA, 1995)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7meN_d91Fo Alpenzusjes - ~~Father and son~~Naar voren, naar achter](NL, 2011)

== Map ==[~~http~~https://~~www~~fusiontables.~~youtube~~googleusercontent.com/~~watch~~embedviz?vq=~~ePyRrb2~~select+col2+from+1Eaz6opRUEXUverRsjntUpGfxoRj-~~fzs One Republic feat~~7TTh4rD0Idt4&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=47. ~~Timabaland~~ 67914926991487&lng=7.627205000000004&t=1&z=5&l=col2&y=2&tmplt=2&hml=KML This is a map] on which you can see all the road that I have not painted red while hitch- ~~Apologize]~~hiking. Last update: 08.2016.

~~[http~~== Giving lifts ==I thoroughly enjoy giving lifts as well, whenever possible. If I drive, my eyes automatically scan every logical location for hitch-hikers:~~//www~~petrol stations on motorways, bus stops...~~youtube~~Sometimes I drive over motorway petrol stations just to be sure that I can offer a lift in case there is a hitch-hiker.~~com/watch?v=kn2ugtMJF3o Moby~~ The first hitch- ~~Lift me~~ hikers I took, as far as I remember, were on a bright summer day in the south of Italy. Funnily, the first day I took a hitcher, I also took a second one. The first hitcher literally knocked the door for a short ride downhill, towards a next village on Sicily. The second hitcher the same day I picked up]on the first motorway petrol station on continental Italy, right after crossing the Adriatic Ocean from Siciliy. This young Czech traveller rode along for some 400 kilometers. Ever since I love giving rides, it being my second nature, although hitchers remain a rare phenomenon these days.

~~[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v~~=~~KdgaJpEuNHI Phil Collins - Can’t stop loving you]~~ ~~[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v~~=~~68C-r9kSLNE Kraftwerk - Autobahn]~~ Totals and [~~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7elJmji7l4 The Crickets - I fought the law]~~ [~~http~~User:fverhart/~~/www.youtube.com/watch?v=P71bbUYDFpQ Boudewijn de Groot - Jimmy~~log|log] ~~[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEGiGIaDmS4 Muddy Waters - Mannish boy~~] ~~== Totals and log~~ ==As of ~~October 4~~June 29, ~~2008~~ 2023 the total distance covered by ~~hitchhiking~~ hitch-hiking amounted roughly to 48228,~~185~~ 056.8 kilometres, a total of ~~904~~ 3,350 rides, 1470,~~030~~ 646.0 minutes ~~wait (233.8 hr / 9.7 days)~~waiting, average distance 5368.3 0 km and an average wait of 018.~~29 minutes~~ 6 seconds per ~~kilometre~~kilometer. [[User:fverhart/log|The full list of journeys can be found by clicking ~~[[User:fverhart/log|~~here]].

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|'''~~distances per year~~rides taken'''|||||

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~~|As of October 4, 2008~~

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|'''year'''

|'''total distance'''

|'''number of rides'''

|'''avg wait'''

|'''avg distance'''

|'''avg wait ~~minutes~~ sec / km'''|'''longest wait min'''|'''longest ride km'''|'''best 24 hrs'''

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|1993/00/01/02

|align="right"|61.0 km

|align="right"|7

|align="right"|4m34s

|align="right"|8.7 km

|align="right"|31.5|align="right"|15|align="right"|20.0km|align="right"|20.520 km

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|2003

|align="right"|2,308.0 km

|align="right"|50

|align="right"|16m32s

|align="right"|46.2 km

|align="right"|21.5|align="right"|75|align="right"|540.0km|align="right"|713.360 km

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|2004

|align="right"|5,734.5 km

|align="right"|125

|align="right"|12m53s

|align="right"|45.9 km

|align="right"|16.9|align="right"|95|align="right"|223.0km|align="right"|337.280 km

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|2005

|align="right"|8,875.0 km

|align="right"|181

|align="right"|14m05s

|align="right"|49.0 km

|align="right"|17.3|align="right"|160|align="right"|480.0km|align="right"|1125.290 km

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|2006

|align="right"|10,337.0 km

|align="right"|186

|align="right"|15m59s

|align="right"|55.6 km

|align="right"|17.3|align="right"|180|align="right"|700.0km|align="right"|884.290 km

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|2007

|align="right"|11,918.5 km

|align="right"|221

|align="right"|15m24s

|align="right"|53.9 km

|align="right"|17.1|align="right"|120|align="right"|882.0 km|align="right"|969.0 km|-|2008|align="right"|10,568.5 km|align="right"|163|align="right"|19m38s|align="right"|64.8 km|align="right"|18.2|align="right"|120|align="right"|596.0 km|align="right"|1001.5 km|-|2009|align="right"|8,243.3 km|align="right"|127|align="right"|19m19s|align="right"|64.9 km|align="right"|17.9|align="right"|210|align="right"|1032.0 km|align="right"|1086.0 km|-|2010|align="right"|1,547.2 km|align="right"|23|align="right"|11m44s|align="right"|67.3 km|align="right"|10.5|align="right"|60|align="right"|474.0 km|align="right"|1052.9 km|-|2011|align="right"|968.3 km|align="right"|9|align="right"|30m20s|align="right"|107.6 km|align="right"|16.9|align="right"|60|align="right"|393.0km|align="right"|968.3 km|-|2012|align="right"|5,101.1 km|align="right"|90|align="right"|18m12s|align="right"|56.7 km|align="right"|19.293|align="right"|90|align="right"|541.0 km|align="right"|774.4 km|-|2013|align="right"|14,129.4 km|align="right"|239|align="right"|19m28s|align="right"|59.1 km|align="right"|19.8|align="right"|175|align="right"|592.0 km|align="right"|1208.7 km|-|2014|align="right"|25,910.2 km|align="right"|334|align="right"|19m08s|align="right"|77.6 km|align="right"|14.8|align="right"|245|align="right"|821.0 km|align="right"|1636.9 km|-|2015|align="right"|36,979.1 km|align="right"|372|align="right"|27m20s|align="right"|99.4 km|align="right"|16.5|align="right"|459|align="right"|1048.0 km|align="right"|1535.0 km|-|2016|align="right"|16,756.9 km|align="right"|263|align="right"|22m13s|align="right"|63.7 km|align="right"|20.9|align="right"|342|align="right"|543.0 km|align="right"|1456.8 km|-|2017|align="right"|16,757.1 km|align="right"|222|align="right"|23m58s|align="right"|75.5 km|align="right"|19.0|align="right"|201|align="right"|921.0 km|align="right"|1562.2 km|-|2018|align="right"|16,529.1 km|align="right"|218|align="right"|23m10s|align="right"|75.8 km|align="right"|18.3|align="right"|160|align="right"|860.0 km|align="right"|1758.1 km|-|2019|align="right"|11,299.9 km|align="right"|119|align="right"|35m18s|align="right"|94.4 km|align="right"|22.4|align="right"|318|align="right"|797.0 km|align="right"|1507.9 km|-|2020|align="right"|1,637.0 km|align="right"|43|align="right"|23m35s|align="right"|38.1 km|align="right"|37.2|align="right"|111|align="right"|185.0 km|align="right"|239.0 km|-|2021|align="right"|3,554.7 km|align="right"|55|align="right"|21m30s|align="right"|64.6 km|align="right"|19.8|align="right"|89|align="right"|906.0 km|align="right"|1010.7 km|-|2022|align="right"|10,472.3 km|align="right"|208|align="right"|19m20s|align="right"|50.8 km|align="right"|23.3|align="right"|455|align="right"|456.0 km|align="right"|1570.7 km|-|2023|align="right"|8,432.4 km|align="right"|115|align="right"|25m13s|align="right"|73.3 km|align="right"|25.2|align="right"|263|align="right"|1435.0 km|align="right"|1770.6 km|-|'''total'''|align="right"|'''228,056.8 km'''|align="right"|'''3,350'''|align="right"|'''21m05s'''|align="right"|'''68.1 km'''|align="right"|'''18.6'''||||} The following table gives an overview of lifts I have given to hitch-hikers, while driving a car. This table is up to date. {| border="1" width='100%'|-|'''rides given'''|||-|'''year'''|'''total distance'''|'''number of rides'''|-|2002|align="right"|429.0 km|align="right"|2|-|2003|align="right"|0.0 km|align="right"|0|-|2004|align="right"|0.0 km|align="right"|0|-|2005|align="right"|63.0 km|align="right"|6|-|2006|align="right"|6.0 km|align="right"|1|-|2007|align="right"|63.0 km|align="right"|2

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|2008

|align="right"|35.0 km|align="right"|3|-|2009|align="right"|33.0 km|align="right"|1|-|2010|align="right"|0.0 km|align="right"|0|-|2011|align="right"|0.0 km|align="right"|0|-|2012|align="right"|5.6 km|align="right"|3|-|2013|align="right"|67.8~~,943~~km|align="right"|2|-|2014|align="right"|0.5 0 km|align="right"|~~134~~0|-|2015|align="right"|6631.7 1 km|align="right"|1|-|2016|align="right"|0.300 km|align="right"|0

|-

|'''total'''

|align="right"|'''~~48,175~~733.5 km'''|align="right"|'''~~904'''|align="right"|'''53.3 km'''|align="right"|'''0.29~~21'''

|}

== Per country ==

~~The last available accurate update~~ As of ~~an overview of all distances hitchhiked per country dates from January 1~~June 29, ~~2008~~2023. Please note that for ~~cross border~~ international rides the number of rides acquired in the country in which the ride started was increased by one~~, while the~~ . The waiting time ~~for~~ and the ~~concerning ride~~ distance of these rides has been ~~proportionally devided~~ divided over the concerned countriesby proportion of the length of a ride. ~~For example,~~ The table contains the following variables: <li>country</li> <li>rides (#)</li> <li>total distance (kms) </li> <li>average distance (kms)</li> <li>total waiting time (minutes)</li> <li>average wait for a ride (minutes)</li> <li>average wait for a kilometer (seconds)</li> <li>average distance internal ride ~~on January 2, 2006 started~~ in ~~Poland for~~ the ~~first 0.5 km and ended 6.5 km after~~ country (kms)</li> <li>average distance international ride starting in the country (kms)</li> <li>longest internal ride in the ~~border~~ country (kms)</li> <li>longest international ride starting in ~~Lithuania. The number~~ the country (kms)</li> <li>average driving speed of rides within the country (kmh)</li> <li>highest driving speed of rides ~~for Poland increased with 1,~~ within the ~~number~~ country (kmh)</li> <li>average driving speed of international rides ~~acquired~~ starting in ~~Lithuania stayed~~ the ~~same~~ country (0kmh)~~. The waiting time~~ </li> <li>highest driving speed of 3 minutes has been devided over both countries by ratio of the ride lenght and rounded, resulting in 0 minutes wait for Poland and 3 minutes wait for Lithuania. The applied method is somewhat discussable and I welcome your view on processing international rides ~~into my~~ starting in the country ~~overview.~~(kmh)</li> <li>absolute top speed (peak speed) (kmh)</li> (1) Updated June 1, 2017

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|~~As of January~~ (1~~, 2008~~)|(1)|(1)|(1)|(1)||(1)||

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|'''country'''

|'''rides'''

|'''distance'''

|'''dist avg ~~distance'''|'''share~~'''

|'''wait'''

|'''avg wait / ride'''

|'''avg wait / km'''

|'''dist nat avg'''

|'''dist int avg'''

|'''dist nat top'''

|'''dist int top'''

|'''sp nat avg'''

|'''sp nat top'''

|'''sp int avg'''

|'''sp int top'''

|'''sp peak'''

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|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|30px]] Germany

|align="right"|376

|align="right"|71,104.5

|align="right"|189.1

|align="right"|14,374.5

|align="right"|38.2

|align="right"|12.1

|align="right"|114.7

|align="right"|208.2

|align="right"|660.0

|align="right"|716.0

|align="right"|114.8

|align="right"|156.0

|align="right"|96.0

|align="right"|160.5

|align="right"|240

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|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px]] Netherlands

|align="right"|1,657

|align="right"|66,341.2

|align="right"|40.0

|align="right"|24,219.7

|align="right"|14.6

|align="right"|21.9

|align="right"|39.6

|align="right"|105.8

|align="right"|265.0

|align="right"|704.0

|align="right"|94.4

|align="right"|141.6

|align="right"|104.0

|align="right"|152.6

|align="right"|200

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|~~Poland~~[[File:Flag_of_Croatia.svg|30px]] Croatia|align="right"|78236|align="right"|411,~~008~~290.6|align="right"|47.8|align="right"|5 km,726.2|align="right"|5124.3|align="right"|30.4 km|align="right"|1039.1|align="right"|232.4|align="right"|339.0|align="right"|543.0|align="right"|82.2 %|align="right"|1162.8|align="right"|78.4|align="right"|160.0|align="right"|210|-|[[File:Flag_of_Austria.svg|30px]] Austria|align="right"|50|align="right"|9,~~085 mins~~076.2|align="right"|181.5|align="right"|133,417.8|align="right"|68.4|align="right"|22.6|align="right"|134.4|align="right"|264.9 ~~mins~~|align="right"|291.0|align="right"|1,048.0|align="right"|117.8|align="right"|120.~~27 mins~~7|align="right"|98.2|align="right"|150.8|align="right"|170

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|~~Czech Republic~~[[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|30px]] Italy

|align="right"|33

|align="right"|~~698~~5,191.1|align="right"|157.3|align="right"|1,918.7|align="right"|58.1|align="right"|22.2|align="right"|102.6|align="right"|298.1|align="right"|467.0|align="right"|969.0|align="right"|98.7|align="right"|153.9|align="right"|91.2|align="right"|128.1|align="right"|170|-|[[File:Flag_of_Slovenia.svg|30px]] Slovenia|align="right"|49|align="right"|3,251.0|align="right"|66.3|align="right"|1,922.5|align="right"|39.2|align="right"|35.5|align="right"|40.8|align="right"|111.8|align="right"|154.0|align="right"|911.0|align="right"|96.4|align="right"|125.3|align="right"|89.6|align="right"|138.5|align="right"|190|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|30px]] Czech Republic|align="right"|57|align="right"|2,139.4|align="right"|37.5|align="right"|869.2|align="right"|15.2|align="right"|24.4|align="right"|20.2|align="right"|450.9|align="right"|183.0|align="right"|797.0|align="right"|88.0|align="right"|118.1|align="right"|98.8|align="right"|115.7|align="right"|160|-|[[File:Flag_of_Spain.svg|30px]] Spain|align="right"|19|align="right"|1,073.9|align="right"|56.5|align="right"|625.1|align="right"|32.9|align="right"|34.9|align="right"|51.7|align="right"|195.2|align="right"|226.0|align="right"|336.0|align="right"|87.4|align="right"|109.2|align="right"|88.7|align="right"|96.0|align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_Serbia.svg|30px]] Serbia|align="right"|16|align="right"|1,024.8|align="right"|64.1|align="right"|382.2|align="right"|23.9|align="right"|22.4|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|83.6|align="right"|176.0|align="right"||align="right"|89.1|align="right"|143.6|align="right"|143.6|align="right"|170|-|[[File:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|30px]] Sweden|align="right"|14|align="right"|874.1|align="right"|62.4|align="right"|402.9|align="right"|28.8|align="right"|27.7|align="right"|43.5|align="right"|64.6|align="right"|133.0|align="right"|64.6|align="right"|81.9|align="right"|102.7|align="right"|90.1|align="right"|90.1|align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|30px]] Luxembourg|align="right"|36|align="right"|850.4|align="right"|23.6|align="right"|388.3|align="right"|10.8|align="right"|27.4|align="right"|11.6|align="right"|140.1|align="right"|27.0|align="right"|223.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|80.0|align="right"|123.5|align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|30px]] Hungary|align="right"|7|align="right"|758.0|align="right"|108.3|align="right"|117.0|align="right"|16.7|align="right"|9.3|align="right"|13.00|align="right"|294.0|align="right"|47.8|align="right"|294.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|95.4|align="right"|95.4|align="right"|160|-|[[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|30px]] Denmark|align="right"|8|align="right"|671.8|align="right"|84.0|align="right"|127.3|align="right"|11.4|align="right"|15.9|align="right"|21.4|align="right"|515.5|align="right"|46.5|align="right"|786.0|align="right"|69.9|align="right"|81.5|align="right"|81.9|align="right"|82.5|align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|30px]] Slovakia|align="right"|11|align="right"|664.6|align="right"|60.4|align="right"|351.0|align="right"|31.9|align="right"|31.7|align="right"|50.2|align="right"|50.0|align="right"|175.0|align="right"|86.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|170|-|[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|30px]] Lithuania|align="right"|10|align="right"|663.2|align="right"|66.3|align="right"|285.7|align="right"|28.6|align="right"|25.8|align="right"|56.5|align="right"|227.4|align="right"|172.0|align="right"|403.0|align="right"|82.0|align="right"|123.7|align="right"|71.8|align="right"|71.8+|align="right"|150|-|[[File:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg|30px]] Bosnia and Herzegovina|align="right"|16|align="right"|569.7|align="right"|35.6|align="right"|640.5|align="right"|40.0|align="right"|67.5|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|89.1|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|30px]] Switzerland|align="right"|6|align="right"|538.3|align="right"|89.7|align="right"|282.7|align="right"|72.2|align="right"|31.5|align="right"|68.3|align="right"|562.0|align="right"|117.0|align="right"|562.0|align="right"|105.0|align="right"|117.0|align="right"|95.0|align="right"|95.0|align="right"|190|-|[[File:Flag_of_Montenegro.svg|30px]] Montenegro|align="right"|11|align="right"|198.6|align="right"|18.1|align="right"|149.8|align="right"|13.6|align="right"|45.3|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px]] United Kingdom|align="right"|3|align="right"|178.8|align="right"|59.6|align="right"|170.0|align="right"|56.7|align="right"|57.0|align="right"|25.6|align="right"||align="right"|66.0 |align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|30px]] Ukraine|align="right"|7|align="right"|70.6|align="right"|10.1|align="right"|55.0|align="right"|7.9|align="right"|46.7|align="right"|10.1|align="right"|140.0|align="right"|29.0|align="right"|140.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg|30px]] Liechtenstein|align="right"|0|align="right"|19.5|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|5.4|align="right"|16.6|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|90|-|'''total'''|align="right"|'''3,350'''|align="right"|'''228,056.8'''|align="right"|'''68.1'''|align="right"|'''70,646.0'''|align="right"|'''21.0'''|align="right"|'''18.6'''|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|'|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|'|} == Country of registration of the vehicles == {| border="1" width='100%'|-||||||||As of July 26, 2016|-|'''country'''|'''code'''|'''distance km'''|'''distance %'''|'''rides'''|'''rides %'''|'''distance avg'''|'''speed kmh''' (since December 15, 2013|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px]] The Netherlands|align="left"|NL|align="right"|46,911.5|align="right"|29.7|align="right"|992|align="right"|42.2|align="right"|47.3 |align="right"|97.6|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|30px]] Belgium|align="left"|B|align="right"|15,376.8|align="right"|9.7|align="right"|328|align="right"|15.2|align="right"|46.9|align="right"|98.7|-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|30px]] Germany|align="left"|D|align="right"|26,209.3|align="right"|16.5|align="right"|261|align="right"|13.9|align="right"|100.4|align="right"|105.4|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|30px]] Poland|align="left"|PL|align="right"|27,904.4|align="right"|17.7|align="right"|257|align="right"|10.9|align="right"|108.6|align="right"|95.4|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|30px]] France|align="left"|F|align="right"|9724.1|align="right"|6.2|align="right"|139|align="right"|5.9|align="right"|70.0|align="right"|97.1|-|[[File:Flag_of_Croatia.svg|30px]] Croatia|align="left"|HR|align="right"|3822.8|align="right"|2.4|align="right"|84|align="right"|3.6|align="right"|45.5|align="right"|79.7|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|30px]] Czech Republic|align="left"|CZ|align="right"|2461.6|align="right"|1.6|align="right"|59|align="right"|2.5|align="right"|41.7|align="right"|99.5|-|[[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|30px]] Italy|align="left"|I|align="right"|3460.0|align="right"|2.2|align="right"|28|align="right"|1.2|align="right"|123.6|align="right"|98.8|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px]] United Kingdom|align="left"|UK|align="right"|3511.8|align="right"|2.2|align="right"|21|align="right"|0.9|align="right"|167.2 km|align="right"|98.1|-|[[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|30px]] Luxembourg|align="left"|L|align="right"|615.6|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|21|align="right"|0.9|align="right"|29.3|align="right"|105.8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Slovenia.svg|30px]] Slovenia|align="left"|SLO|align="right"|1863.9|align="right"|1.2|align="right"|20|align="right"|0.8|align="right"|93.2|align="right"|83.4 |-|[[File:Flag_of_Spain.svg|30px]] Spain|align="left"|E|align="right"|1627.1|align="right"|1.0|align="right"|19|align="right"|0.8|align="right"|85.6|align="right"|93.6|-|[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|30px]] Lithuania|align="left"|LT|align="right"|2157.1|align="right"|1.4|align="right"|16|align="right"|0.7|align="right"|134.8|align="right"|81.8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|30px]] Hungary|align="left"|H|align="right"|1561.8 %|align="right"|~~405~~1.0|align="right"|14|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|111.6|align="right"|95.0 ~~mins~~|-|[[File:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|30px]] Sweden|align="left"|SE|align="right"|432.2|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|12|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|36.0|align="right"|81.8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Austria.svg|30px]] Austria|align="left"|A|align="right"|1450.5|align="right"|0.9|align="right"|11|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|131.9|align="right"|100.8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|30px]] Slovakia|align="left"|SK|align="right"|763.3 ~~mins~~|align="right"|0.~~58 mins~~5|align="right"|11|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|69.4|align="right"|81.7|-|[[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|30px]] Switzerland|align="left"|CH|align="right"|1008.3|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|9|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|112.0|align="right"|107.5|-|[[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|30px]] Denmark|align="left"|DK|align="right"|407.7|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|9|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|45.3|align="right"|75.6|-|[[File:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|30px]] Ukraine|align="left"|UA|align="right"|1251.6|align="right"|0.8|align="right"|8|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|156.5|align="right"|82.6

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|~~Slovakia~~[[File:Flag_of_Romania.svg|30px]] Romania|align="left"|RO|align="right"|523.8|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|4|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|131.0|align="right"|100.5|-|[[File:Flag_of_Portugal.svg|30px]] Portugal|align="left"|P|align="right"|746.0|align="right"|0.5

|align="right"|3

|align="right"|~~240~~0.1|align="right"|248.7|align="right"|82.5|-|[[File:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg|30px]] Bulgaria|align="left"|BG|align="right"|403.0|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|3|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|134.3|align="right"|83.5|-|[[File:Flag_of_Serbia.svg|30px]] Serbia|align="left"|SRB|align="right"|381.5|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|3|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|127.2|align="right"|102.2|-|[[File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg|30px]] Latvia|align="left"|LV|align="right"|790.0 km|align="right"|800.5|align="right"|2|align="right"|0 km.1|align="right"|395.0|align="right"|87.8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Turkey.~~6 %~~svg|30px]] Turkey|align="left"|TR|align="right"|89797.0 ~~mins~~|align="right"|130.5|align="right"|1 ~~mins~~|align="right"|0.~~37 mins~~0|align="right"|797.0|align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_Montenegro.svg|30px]] Montenegro|align="left"|MNE|align="right"|262.0|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|262.0|align="right"|78.2

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|~~Luxembourg~~Corps Diplomatique (CD)|align="left"|CD|align="right"|255.0|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|255.0|align="right"|122.4|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belarus.svg|30px]] Belarus|align="left"|BY|align="right"|207.0|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|207.0|align="right"||-|[[File:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg|30px]] Bosnia and Herzegovina|align="left"|BIH|align="right"|77.6|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|1|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|77.6|align="right"||-|Not recorded|align="left"||align="right"|1022.6|align="right"|0.6

|align="right"|14

|align="right"|~~202~~0.~~0 km~~6|align="right"|1473.~~4 km~~0|align="right"|083.~~5 %~~4|} {|~~align~~border="~~right~~1"width='100%'|~~184~~-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.~~0 mins~~svg|45px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in The Netherlands'''|||As of July 26, 2016|-|~~align="right"~~'''country'''|~~13.1 mins~~'''code'''|~~align="right"~~'''rides'''|~~0.91 mins~~'''share'''

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|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|20px]] The Netherlands|align="left"|NL|align="right"|923|align="right"|85 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|20px]] Belgium|align="left"|B|align="right"|78|align="right"|7 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|20px]] Germany|align="left"|D|align="right"|45|align="right"|4 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|20px]] Poland|align="left"|PL|align="right"|17|align="right"|2 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Spain.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_France.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|20px]]|align="left"||align="right"|23|align="right"|2 %|-|Not recorded|align="left"||align="right"|7|align="right"|1 %|-|'''total'''|align="right"||align="right"|'''1092'''|align="right"|'''100 %'''|}{| border="1" width='100%'|-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|45px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in Germany'''|||As of July 26, 2016|-|'''country'''|'''code'''|'''rides'''|'''share'''|-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|20px]] Germany|align="left"|D|align="right"|188|align="right"|67 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|20px]] Poland|align="left"|PL|align="right"|31|align="right"|11 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|20px]] The Netherlands|align="left"|NL|align="right"|23|align="right"|8 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|20px]] Belgium|align="left"|B|align="right"|12|align="right"|4 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|20px]] United Kingdom|align="left"|UK|align="right"|7|align="right"|2 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|20px]] France|align="left"|F|align="right"|3|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|20px]] Lithuania|align="left"|LT|align="right"|3|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|20px]] Hungary|align="left"|H|align="right"|3|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Austria.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Belarus.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Croatia.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Romania.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Slovenia.svg|20px]] |align="left"|

|align="right"|8

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|~~Ukraine~~'''total'''|align="right"||align="right"|'''184'''|align="right"|'''100 %'''|}{| border="1" width='100%'|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|40px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in Belgium'''|||As of July 26, 2016|-|'''country'''|'''code'''|'''rides'''|'''share'''|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|20px]] Belgium|align="left"|B|align="right"|223|align="right"|82 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|20px]] The Netherlands|align="left"|NL|align="right"|29|align="right"|11 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|20px]] France|align="left"|F|align="right"|7|align="right"|3 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|20px]] Germany|align="left"|D|align="right"|7|align="right"|3 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|20px]] Luxembourg|align="left"|L|align="right"|4|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|20px]] United Kingdom|align="left"|UK|align="right"|2|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|20px]] |align="left"|

|align="right"|2

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|'''total'''|align="right"||align="right"|'''273'''|align="right"|'''100 %'''|}{| border="1" width='100%'|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|45px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in Poland'''|||As of July 26, 2016|-|'''country'''|'''code'''|'''rides'''|'''share'''|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|20px]] Poland|align="left"|PL|align="right"|195|align="right"|90 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|20px]] Germany|align="left"|D|align="right"|6|align="right"|3 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|20px]] Lithuania|align="left"|LT|align="right"|05|align="right"|62 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|20px]] The Netherlands|align="left"|NL|align="right"|5 km|align="right"|~~#DIV/0! km~~2 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|20px]] Czech Republic|align="left"|CZ|align="right"|2|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|20px]] Ukraine|align="left"|UA|align="right"|2|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|20px]]|align="left"||align="right"|3|align="right"|1 %|-|'''total'''|align="right"||align="right"|'''217'''|align="right"|'''100 %'''|}{| border="1" width='100%'|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|45px]] '''Registration of the vehicles of rides starting in France'''|||As of July 26, 2016|-|'''country'''|'''code'''|'''rides'''|'''share'''|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|20px]] France|align="left"|F|align="right"|118|align="right"|080 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.0 svg|20px]] The Netherlands|align="left"|NL|align="right"|7|align="right"|5 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|20px]] Belgium|align="left"|B|align="right"|5|align="right"|3%|-|[[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|20px]] Switzerland|align="left"|CH|align="right"|3|align="right"|2 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|20px]] Germany|align="left"|D|align="right"|2|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|20px]] Italy|align="left"|I|align="right"|2|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.~~0 mins~~svg|20px]] Poland|align="left"|PL|align="right"|~~#DIV/0! mins~~2|align="right"|01 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Portugal.~~46 mins~~svg|20px]] Portugal|align="left"|PT|align="right"|2|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Spain.svg|20px]] Spain|align="left"|E|align="right"|2|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|20px]] United Kingdom|align="left"|UK|align="right"|2|align="right"|1 %|-|[[File:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg|20px]] [[File:Flag_of_Romania.svg|20px]] |align="left"||align="right"|3|align="right"|2 %

|-

|'''total'''

|align="right"||align="right"|'''~~770~~148'''|align="right"|'''39100 %'''|} == License plate / country distance ratio ==Calculating the ratio of distance by license plate and the distance hitchhiking in the country of that license plate returns a number between zero and infinite. If the number is above 1 it can be said that the people driving cars registered in that country contributed more than average to my hitch-hiking mileage,~~231~~well on condition that these numbers are based on enough data.0 .. The height of the ratio per country depends on several variables such as how inclined people with a plate from the country are to help a hitch-hiker and how well I know the language of that country. {| border="1" width='100%'|-|'''License plate / country distance ratio'''|||As of July 26, 2016|-|'''country'''|'''distance license plate km'''|'''distance country km'''|'''ratio'''|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px]] Netherlands|align="right"|46,911.5|align="right"|42,548.9|align="right"|1.10|-|[[File:Flag_of_Poland.svg|30px]] Poland|align="right"|29,904.4|align="right"|17,024.8|align="right"|1.76|-|[[File:Flag_of_Germany.svg|30px]] Germany|align="right"|26,209.3|align="right"|50,620.4|align="right"|.52|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg|30px]] Belgium|align="right"|15,376.8|align="right"|12,468.8|align="right"|1.23|-|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|30px]] France|align="right"|9,724.1|align="right"|13,599.0|align="right"|.72|-|[[File:Flag_of_Croatia.svg|30px]] Croatia|align="right"|3,822.8|align="right"|4,855.1|align="right"|.79|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg|30px]] United Kingdom|align="right"|3,511.8|align="right"|178.8|align="right"|19.64|-|[[File:Flag_of_Italy.svg|30px]] Italy|align="right"|3,460.0|align="right"|5,052.1|align="right"|.68|-|[[File:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg|30px]] Czech Republic|align="right"|2,461.6|align="right"|2,139.4|align="right"|1.15|-|[[File:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg|30px]] Lithuania|align="right"|2,157.1|align="right"|663.2|align="right"|3.25|-|[[File:Flag_of_Slovenia.svg|30px]] Slovenia|align="right"|~~'''~~1,863.9|align="right"|1,406.2|align="right"|1.32|-|[[File:Flag_of_Austria.svg|30px]] Austria|align="right"|1,450.5|align="right"|2,879.8|align="right"|.50|-|[[File:Flag_of_Spain.svg|30px]] Spain|align="right"|1,627.1|align="right"|1,052.9 ~~km'''~~|align="right"|~~'''100~~1.54|-|[[File:Flag_of_Hungary.svg|30px]] Hungary|align="right"|1,561.8|align="right"|78.0 ~~%'''~~|align="right"|~~'''11~~20.00|-|[[File:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg|30px]] Ukraine|align="right"|1,251.6|align="right"|70.6|align="right"|17.7|-|[[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg|30px]] Switzerland|align="right"|1,~~402 mins'''~~008.3|align="right"|205.0|align="right"|4.9|-|[[File:Flag_of_Turkey.svg|30px]] Turkey|align="right"|797.0|align="right"|.0|align="right"|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Latvia.svg|30px]] Latvia|align="right"|790.0|align="right"|.0|align="right"|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg|30px]] Slovakia|align="right"|763.6|align="right"|664.6|align="right"|1.15|-|[[File:Flag_of_Portugal.svg|30px]] Portugal|align="right"|746.0|align="right"|.0|align="right"|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg|30px]] Luxembourg|align="right"|615.6|align="right"|751.0|align="right"|.82|-|[[File:Flag_of_Romania.svg|30px]] Romania|align="right"|523.8|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|30px]] Sweden|align="right"|432.2|align="right"|874.1|align="right"|.49|-|[[File:Flag_of_Denmark.svg|30px]] Denmark|align="right"|407.7|align="right"|671.8|align="right"|.61|-|[[File:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg|30px]] Bulgaria|align="right"|403.0|align="right"|.0|align="right"|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Serbia.svg|30px]] Serbia|align="right"|381.5|align="right"|.0|align="right"|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Montenegro.svg|30px]] Montenegro|align="right"|262.0|align="right"|.0|align="right"|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Belarus.svg|30px]] Belarus|align="right"|207.0|align="right"|.0|align="right"|8|-|[[File:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg|30px]] Bosnia and Herzegovina|align="right"|77.6|align="right"|~~'''14~~9.2|align="right"|8 ~~mins'''~~.43|-|[[File:Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg|30px]] Liechtenstein|align="right"|~~'''~~0|align="right"|19.~~29 mins'''~~5|align="right"|.00

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== Type of hitching spot ==

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The following tables gives an overview of hitch-hiking experiences related to the type of the hitch-hiking spot. It includes the following variables:

<ul>

<li>country of departure</li>

<li>type of hitch-hiking spot</li>

<li>number of experiences</li>

<li>the share (%) of experiences on this type of spot</li>

<li>average distance of the rides in kilometers</li>

<li>average waiting time of the rides in minutes</li>

<li>average waiting time per kilometer in seconds</li>

<li>subjective quality ranking</li>

</ul>

This table gives an overall overview of all 1746 rides until December 22, 2014.

<th align="left">Country</th>

<th align="left">Number</th>

<th align="left">Share %</th>

<th align="left">Distance</th>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway parking</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Border crossing</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway end</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Official hitch-hiking spot</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Toll station</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway service station</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway beginning</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">National road</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Harbour area</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Motorway access lane</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align="left">Local road</td>

</tr>

</table>

[[File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|30px]]

This table gives an overall overview of all 805 rides starting in The Netherlands until May 9, 2014.

<th align="left">Country</th>

<th align="left">Number</th>

<th align="left">Share %</th>

<th align="left">Distance</th>

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